Chafing-shield.



B. HALL.

A CHAFING SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 5, 1909.

956,341 I n Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

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CHAFING-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2c, 1910.

Application filed .Tune 5, 1909. Serial No. 500,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLANCHE HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Chafng-Shields, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to chafing shields.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character,adapted more particularly to be worn by stout women, that shall bethoroughly effective in preventing chang of the opposed surfaces to thethighs from the crotch of the legs downward any desired or necessarydistance, and which shall be simple of construction, efficient anddurable in use, and easy of application to position.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of partsof a chang shield, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts :-Figure 1 is a view of. a woman, showing the manner in which the shield ispositioned. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shield. Fig. 3 is asectional view through the thigh-engaging portion of the shield.

The shield embodies a belt 1 which may be constructed of any suitablematerial, and the ends of which are secured together by a buckle 2,indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l.

Secured to the sides of the belt are legbands 3, which, as shown inFigr, are of many-ply structure, and in this instance are A constructedof an inner ply 4 of thin sheet rubber, and two outer plies 5 of anysuitable textile fabric. In order to accentuate the non-chafngproperties of the shield, the plies of the bands, at those points .thatwill contact with the interior, anterior and posterior portions of thethighs, are provided with registering openings 6 constituting pockets tocontain toilet powder, which will be distributed by the jars resultingfrom the Attached to each of the bands adjacent to its terminal is anelastic strap 9, and these straps serve to hold the bands properlypositioned around the thighs of the wearer and to prevent them fromworking down. In order to secure the straps around the thighs, close upto the crotch of the wearer, each band is preferred character, and thesebuckles will hold the strap in proper adjustment.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that provision is made,in a novel and practical manner, to dispense toilet powder to theinterior portions of the thighs and also to adjust the article in amanner that will be calculated to afford the greatest comfort in use.

I claim A shield of the class described embodying a belt, a buckleconnecting the ends of the said belt, leg bands secured to the sides ofthe belt, said leg bands each being formed from a many-ply structurecomprising an inner ply of thin sheet rubber and two outer plies oftextile fabric, said plies of material having alining passages formedtherein and adapted to form pockets for the reception of toilet powder,said leg bands being free from each other, and an elastic leg-engagingand encircling strap carried by each of the said leg bands.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BLANCHE I-IALL.

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